Stephen Decatur High School (Maryland)

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Stephen Decatur High School
Address
Stephen Decatur High School (Maryland)
9913 Seahawk Road

Berlin
,
Maryland
21811

United States
Information
TypePublic High School
Motto"The Decatur Way . . . The Way To Grow"
Established1954
School district Worcester County Public Schools
PrincipalThomas Sites
Grades9–12
Campus27.4 acres (111,000 m2) [1]
Color(s)Royal Blue and White   
Nickname Seahawks
NewspaperThe Hawk
Website sdhs.worcesterk12.org

Stephen Decatur High School (commonly Stephen Decatur, Stephen Decatur High, SDHS) is a four-year public high school in Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland, United States. With the grades of 9–12 the school is a part of Worcester County Public Schools. It is one of four public high schools in Worcester County along with Pocomoke High School, Worcester Technical High School, and Snow Hill High School. The school was opened in 1954.

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About the school

Stephen Decatur High School was named after Stephen Decatur, the naval war hero during the War of 1812 who was born in Worcester County. He was a Commodore and also fought in the Second Barbary War against pirates in the Mediterranean Sea.

The school is part of the Worcester County Public School system, which also includes three other high schools, Snow Hill High School, Pocomoke High School, and one vocational school, Worcester Technical High School.

Construction on the school began in 1952 and Stephen Decatur High School was dedicated in 1954. It was a consolidation of two old high schools, Ocean City High School in Ocean City, MD and Buckingham High School in Berlin, MD. The school originally served grades 7 through 12. The current facility has 192,335 sq ft (17,868.5 m2). [1]

Students

The graduation rate at Stephen Decatur High School is consistently above 90 percent. In 2015 the school had a graduation rate of 93.73%. [2]

The area of West Ocean City, Ocean Pines, and Berlin experienced significant growth in the 1990s and 2000s, and that was reflected in the student population at Stephen Decatur High School. From 895 students in 1993, the school had an enrollment of 1,436 in 2007. [3] The growth of the area slowed around the time of the Great Recession, and as a result the student population at Stephen Decatur has remained relatively steady over the past decade.

Student population [4]
YearPop.±%
1993 895—    
1994 938+4.8%
1995 985+5.0%
1996 1,020+3.6%
1997 1,076+5.5%
1998 1,111+3.3%
1999 1,170+5.3%
2000 1,248+6.7%
2001 1,251+0.2%
2002 1,317+5.3%
2003 1,302−1.1%
YearPop.±%
2004 1,374+5.5%
2005 1,384+0.7%
2006 1,389+0.4%
2007 1,436+3.4%
2008 1,389−3.3%
2009 1,390+0.1%
2010 1,433+3.1%
2011 1,436+0.2%
2012 1,399−2.6%
2013 1,341−4.1%
2014 1,316−1.9%
YearPop.±%
2015 1,299−1.3%
2016 1,346+3.6%
2017 1,351+0.4%
2018 1,348−0.2%
2019 1,363+1.1%
2020 1,328−2.6%
2021 1,369+3.1%
2022 1,444+5.5%
2023 1,431−0.9%

Staff

The following people have been the principal at Stephen Decatur High School: [5]

Wilbur A. Jones1954–1961 [6]
D. Keith Whitehurst1961–1963 [7]
William C. Tomlinson1963–1966
Elmer Everton1966–1968
Gladys Burbage1968–1987
Tom Tucker1987–1991
Anthony McNabb1991–1994
Louis H. Taylor1994–2012
Thomas Zimmer2012–2018
Thomas Sites2018–Present

Sports

State Champions

State Finalists

Robotics

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "MD Property Database". Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Maryland Report Card". Archived from the original on March 9, 2022.
  3. ↑ ||23|0310|3|N|6|13|1|2|1|1|1|1|3 Maryland Report Card [ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Enrollment for All Grades All Students : Demographics : Worcester County - Stephen Decatur High : 2016 Maryland Report Card". reportcard.msde.maryland.gov. Archived from the original on March 9, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Stephen Decatur". www.stephendecatur.org. Archived from the original on October 23, 2007. Retrieved October 24, 2007.
  6. ↑ "WCPS Almanack, 1960-1961". CatalogIt. Worcester County Library. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  7. ↑ "WCPS Almanack, 1962-1963". CatalogIt. Worcester County Public Library. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  8. 1 2 "MPSSAA" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on March 9, 2022. Retrieved October 24, 2007.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "MPSAA" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on March 9, 2022. Retrieved October 24, 2007.
  10. 1 2 "MPSSAA" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on March 9, 2022. Retrieved October 24, 2007.
  11. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on March 9, 2022. Retrieved May 10, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ↑ "MPSSAA" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on March 9, 2022. Retrieved October 24, 2007.
  13. ↑ "MPSSAA" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on February 19, 2009. Retrieved October 24, 2007.
  14. 1 2 3 4 "Team and Event Search". May 5, 2015. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
  15. ↑ "DALE R. CATHELL, Judge, Court of Appeals". Maryland State Archives. Retrieved September 11, 2021.

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